Suggestion. Member list, willing to inspect a car, part.

[Roadman]

     Just an idea. Often times someone needs an eye put on a car/part they are interested in buts it's far away. I've inspected cars for members on another forum, and saved one guy from a 100K mistake.  Anyway, maybe a list of members, their location, and how far they would be willing to travel.  I'll start.

                  Member-     roadman
                  Location-    Central Florida
                  Travel    -   200 miles, covers east coast( Daytona ), west coast ( Tampa ) etc.

           Just a thought, whatcha all think ??   Cody would need to set up the format. 
                 
           

[Cuda Cody]

It's people like you @roadman  that make this hobby great.     Helping out and being an extra set of eyes for our fellow E-Body brothers and Sisters is a fantastic idea.  And that's one of the reasons we made sure the site was set up so the members location is in the Avatar area of the forum.   That reason and when people sell stuff we don't need to ask "where you located?" all the time. 

You can also see the members location in the list of Members tab on the top of the forum.  With that said, all of us are at different levels of confidence when looking at E-Bodies.  You can hand some members on here an E-Body bolt and with their eyes closed they'll "Helen Keller" it to the exact location it belongs and torque it to spec all while describing to you the head markings.  Others of us are still excited to learn some of the differences between the model years.  So what I'm saying is, I like your idea and helping each other out is wonderful.  Not sure how best to set it up though?   

I'll throw my hat in to the ring and cover the Portland, OR / Vancouver, WA area.  I'm available to travel if you cover my fuel and if needed hotels.  I'm not Helen Keller bolt level yet, but I feel confident around E-Bodies.

[71GranCoupe]

I am ready to step up here as well. I can do Vegas when in Vegas or Eastern Washington when back up north near the arctic circle. I have already done 2 look and see reports with pictures. It is actually interesting looking at cars from a total neutral position. 

[ec_co]

I'm happy to help too. I did a video for a c-c member back in December. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phGPsKWJYLA&t=317s

I learned a couple things from the last video to be better next time. better zooming, lingering longer and digging in a little deeper.

Denver/CO corridor.   

[303 Mopar]

I'm happy to help too.
Denver/CO corridor.

I'm available in the Denver area too!

[61K T/A]

I'm in. NJ. Just need to know what specifically you are looking for during an inspection.

[Finoke]

Im available for the Philly area and have inspected a handful of times in the past for internet friends.

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[blown motor]

I'm no expert but I'll through my hat in the ring for southwestern Ontario.

[anlauto]

There's a guy in my part of Ontario that does it for a living and of course charges you, but man....he gives the car an extreme through inspection. He was hired to check out my AAR and spent about 2 3/4 hours going over every inch.
His inspection helped sell my car, then just recently he inspected my buddy Tim's car and help sell that too.

Of course I would look at cars too, but I would hate to give my opinion on a car that someone bought and didn't like...then I look like the azz.

[fc7cuda]

I am ready to step up here as well. I can do Vegas when in Vegas or Eastern Washington when back up north near the arctic circle. I have already done 2 look and see reports with pictures. It is actually interesting looking at cars from a total neutral position. 

Neutral and unbiased car viewing would be necessary, and without recourse of course. 

I'm in Dallas, Texas if needed.

Tom

[HP_Cuda]

Since my recent build blew my Ebody to smithereens, I can be very critical of what I see and I know what spots to look out for.

I can travel the greater SF Bay if anything pops up. Unfortunately I have not seen many for sale in this neck of the woods.

I wish I have seen more.

[headejm]

I think most of our members would be willing to "look" at a local car that someone is considering. Kind of a BS check to make sure the car is as advertised. Doesn't have to be an in-depth inspection. Maybe we should develop a basic checklist that would cover things like numbers matching or not, rust, and general condition of the various systems. Maybe a test drive if it's runnable. Like @Cuda Cody said, if you want to cover travel expenses...most of us would go anywhere to check out cars. 

[Shoooter]

I must have missed this section. I was just coming here to make a post like this. I was able to buy my car with help like this (thanks cody) and I would like to be able to pass it on. I'm not sure what the best way to do this would be though? Either a thread sticky with name and area with phone number or a directory that a member here takes car of. Basically you contact the person and they give you a list of people willing to help in that area. This would work better for people that don't want to there contact info posted. Just a idea

[torredcuda]

Always up for checking out Mopars, in New Hampshire seacoast area, southern Maine and north east Massachusetts.

[JS29]

   I am in central New York, I do bodywork. I would definitely be willing to help.